Kanji
N1 19 strokes Grade 8 freq #1486

whale

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

fish sakana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

whaling; whale hunting
whale (Cetacea spp.)
whale meat
The Institute of Cetacean Research
opposition to whaling; anti-whaling
whaling controversy; whaling issue

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris); dense-beaked whale
(whaling) harpoon
spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii); Bahamonde's beaked whale
Hubb's beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlshubbi)
Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale
pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus); Peruvian beaked whale
strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii); Layard's beaked whale
Perrin's beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini)
Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)

Example sentences

A whale is no less a mammal than a horse.

I have once seen a live whale.